Paving-strip.



PATBNTBD 110110, 1903.

L. VOGEL. PAVING STRIP.

APPLLQA TI'ON FILED JUNE 20, 1903.

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No. 743,960. Patented November 10, 1903.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LOUIS VOGEL, OF WHITELAW, WISCONSIN.

PAVING-STRIP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 743,960, dated November 10, 1903.

A pplication filed June 20, 1903. Serial No. 162.415. (No model.)

toward its lower end. The inner inclined To all? whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LOUIS VOGEL, a citizen face of the inner strip is fitted flush with the of the United States, residing at \Vhitelaw, under part of the tread 2 of the rail, and the in the county of Manitowoc and State ofWislower projection 10, formed by the undercut 5 consin, have invented new and useful In at the base of the strip, bears upon the supprovements in Paving-Strips, of which the ports for the rail, such as ties or cross-beams following is a specification. or other means that may be employed. The This invention relates to a paving-strip for outer paving-strip has its upper edge formed application to street-car track-rails; and the at an angle of inclination, as at 11, and proto object of the same is to provide a device of jects upwardly to snugly it against the unthis class which will strengthen the trac'kder side of the outer portion of the tread 2; rails and materially'obviate wear on the ad butin all other respects the outer strip will be jacent parts of pavements and also serve as similar to the inner strip. The upper edges a support for paving-blocks or otherpaving of both strips maybe slightly varied in coni5 material to prevent settling of the latter. tour to establish a snug fitting in. relation to The improved paving-strip is adapted for the'under portions of the opposite sides of use along opposite sides of a straight trackthe tread of the rail. Both strips have their rail as well as at curves and crossings, and faces outermost from the flange of the rail is of such form. as to snugly fit against the inclined, as heretofore set forth, and by in- 20 web between the tread and base-flange of the creasing the thickness of the metal gradurail, the outer side of the strip being inclined ally toward the bases of the strips the trackdownwardly to increase the cross -sectional rails are greatly strengthened and.will resist extent of the same-near the lower edge. wear and also keep the paving-stones or other The invention further consists in the depaving material out of direct contact with 25 tails of construction and arrangement of the the rails. The inclination of the sides or several partshereinaftermore fully described faces of the paving-strips, which are at a and claimed. distance from the web of the rail, will pro- In the drawings, Figure 1 is a transverse vide a convenient means of supporting the vertical section through aportion of astreet-l paving blocks or material, as the latter can 30 car track-rail and the adjacent paving, showbe more accurately fitted at the edge portions ing the improved paving-strip applied to opbearing on the strips, and, furthermore, the posite sides of the rail and also in cross-secpressure due to the weight of the paving tion. Fig. 2 is a detail perspective view of blocks or material will be directed off from a portion of the improved paving-strip. the track-rails and resisted by the greater 3 5 Similar numeralsof reference are employed width or thickness of the strips at the base. to indicate corresponding parts in the Views. The central enlarged or thickened portions The numeral 1designatesastreet-cartracb of the strips have their inner sides fitted rail of usual form having a tread 2, a web 3, snugly against the webs 3 "of the rails, and and a base-flange 4. the strips provide fillings for the opposite 0 The improved paving-strip 5 has a central sides of a track-railand solidify the structure solid body 6 with an outer downwardly and of the latter. outwardly inclined side 7, a lower undercut The strips are held in place by bolts 12, aredge 8 to fit over the base-flange 4, and an ranged at proper intervals, and the heads 7 upper compound curved edge9to correspond and nuts at opposite ends of the bolts are 5 45 to the under contour of one side of the tread seated in recesses 13 in the inclined sides of 2 of the rail. Y the strips. It will be understood that open- The improved paving-strip is applied to opings 14 will be formed through the strips to posite sides of the track-rail, as shown by receive the bolts, and the number of open- Fig. 1,. the inner strip being materially ings and bolts in each strip will depend upon :00 5o thicker than the outer strip and the thickthe mode of application and the contour of ness of the inner strip gradually increasing the rails. When the strips are used on curves or crossings, additional bolt-holes will have to be formed in the rails at points intermediate the ends of the latter, and in such applications the strips will be given a contour corresponding to the rails. It is also proposed in some instances to use the pavingstrips for reinforcing or strengthening rails on trestle-work, such as bridges, and another material advantage which ensues from the use of the strips is that depressed joints will be obviated in the rail structure in View of the fact that such strips may be extend-ed across said joints and serve to hold the treads positively in flush position relatively to each other. Changes in the proportions and dimensions of the strips may also be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Having thus fully described the invention,

what is claimed as new is 1. A paving-strip having a central enlargement, an undercut lower edge, an upper edge shaped to bear against the under side of a rail-tread, and a downwardly and outwardly inclined side, the strip gradually increasing in thickness toward its lower edge.

2. The combination with a track-rail, of paving-strips secured against the opposite sides thereof and closely fitting against the web under the tread and over the base-flange, the outer sides of the strips being inclined downwardly and outwardly to increase the thickness of the strips gradually toward the lower edges thereof.

3. A paviug'strip for a track-rail having an undercut lower edge and gradually increasing in thickness toward said edge.

4. A paving-strip for a track-rail gradually increasing in thickness toward its lower end and having a downwardly and outwardly inclined face.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LOUIS VOGEL.

Witnesses:

THOS. L. DAVISON, ANTON VOGEL. 

